Colonials rejoiced that Amy Gething, Matron of Volks Hospital Bloemfontein, the first State Hospital, opened in 1893, was one of themselves and not an outsider. She also had the advantage of being able to speak both Dutch and English.

Sources

Register of Trained Nurses 1892; Nursing Directory for 1909 and Register of Nurses (RBNA 4/1) - Royal British Nurses' Association Records, King's College London Archives Nursing Directory 1898 - Society of Genealogists' Library The Nursing Record and Hospital World, November 25 1893